Friday, June 8, 1691 is a Friday. It is day 159 of 1691 (43.6% through the year), ISO week 23, in Q2.
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Friday, June 8, 1691 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2009: Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to June 8.
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Historical Milestones
Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.
2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea →Seven people were killed and 10 others were injured in a vehicle and knife attack in Tokyo, Japan.
Akihabara massacre →A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.
2007 New South Wales storms →Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlantic.
Falklands War →Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships (damaged ship pictured) while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding 150 others.
Falklands War →Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after being burned by napalm.
Vietnam War →The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 people and wounding 171 others.
Israeli Air Force →An F5 tornado struck Flint and Beecher, Michigan, causing 116 fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during a larger tornado outbreak sequence.
1953 Flint–Beecher tornado →Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.
Thomas Blamey →Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional totalitarian government, was published.
Nineteen Eighty-Four →World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon campaign against Vichy French possessions in the Levant.
World War II →Margaret Bondfield became the first female member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald.
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Questions & Answers
Friday, June 8, 1691 falls on a Friday.
122,452 days ago (335 years, 3 months, 4 days ago). It is day 159 of 1691 with 206 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Friday, June 8, 1691 is written as VIII.VI.MDCXCI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Gibbous (approx. 92% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Gemini.